Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Each year, after reading dozens of leadership books I select my pick for “best new leadership book” of the year. For 2024, that book is, Be The Unicorn: Data-driven Habits That Separate The Best Leaders From The Rest , by William Vanderbloemen (founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group).

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Drawing on principles from business and behavioral economics, the book shows readers from all walks of life how to provoke action as a mechanism to advance. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2024 curated just for you. In the book, you'll find the future-ready insights and tools you need to lead for today and prepare your organization for tomorrow. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2024

Try a book you usually don’t pick up. With this groundbreaking book, international negotiator William Ury shares a new “path to possible”—time-tested practices that will help readers unlock their power to constructively engage and transform conflict. But this is not merely a sports book. S UMMER is here.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2023 curated just for you. This book also provides a roadmap for leaders seeking to create community as they meet the coming challenges with dignity and grace. The Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

He was inclined to read biographies, current affairs, and self-help books. He told his daughter, “One must always be careful with books and treasure them.” Also, as Wally Bock suggests , take the time to pick up something you’ve always wanted to read, something fun to read, and perhaps re-read a book that will help you to reconnect.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. In the book, she explores the mentorship advice that helped her start a groundbreaking company after studying entrepreneurship and strategic management at MIT and Harvard. It’s time to change that.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in November 2023 curated just for you. The Heart of Innovation : A Field Guide for Navigating to Authentic Demand by Matt Chanoff, Merrick Furst, Daniel Sabbah and Mark Wegman Books on innovation mostly focus on how to nurture innovative cultures and brainstorm ideas.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2024 curated just for you. Maxwell, tackles the problem of our divided world in his latest book High Road Leadership. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Maxwell The world’s most influential leadership expert, John C.

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JULY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2024 curated just for you. In this book full of real-life stories and examples, you'll find a collection of tried and tested strategies you can employ immediately as you negotiate and navigate your most seemingly intractable conflicts.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

YouGov asked more than 29,000 Americans whether they owned books and found that the vast majority did: 85% said they owned at least one physical book. They report the following findings: However, one in five Americans say they own between one and ten physical books. The higher the education level, the more books they own.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2024 curated just for you. Now, in this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates “the River,” the community of like-minded people whose mastery of risk allows them to shape—and dominate—so much of modern life. Now, he is sharing it with the world.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2023 curated just for you. Merging mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral therapy into a user-friendly model—the first non-academic book of its kind— The Choice Point grants us control of the decisions that define us. Absolutely!

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the book, you'll explore how leaders, at every level, can build a workplace culture that drives organizational excellence and unleashes the full potential of every employee. The Art of Clear Thinking is a book that will change how you interact with the world around you. Right Kind of Wrong : The Science of Failing Well by Amy C.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2024 curated just for you. The evidence-based principles in this book are powerful, not only in formal schooling contexts, but also for anyone taking charge of and designing their own lifelong learning. And I mean that last "well" in both senses.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. Now, in his long-awaited book for leaders at all levels, bestselling author Mike Michalowicz reveals his proven formula to build an unstoppable team for any work environment. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024 * * * “.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2024 curated just for you. This book will reframe much of what you know about traditional leadership theory and practice, challenge some of your deeply held assumptions, and provide scores of practical and concrete ideas you can use today.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Practical ways to engage your team (or leadership book club) as you read Courageous Cultures together. One of the real joys of being authors is hearing from leadership book clubs and teams who are reading our books together. And, you don’t get better at leadership or building culture just by reading a book.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2024 curated just for you. a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” — George R.R. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024 * * * “.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Curiosity Versus Continual Learning via @AdmiredLeaders LISTEN: @jamesstrock interviews @megan_e_gorman Author of All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money Interesting book and interview! Traditional, Hybrid, or Self-Publishing? by @wallybock Are You Fighting the Right Leadership Battles?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2023 curated just for you. a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” — George R.R. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024 * * * “.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Here is a selection of Posts from December 2024 that you will want to check out: I Have A Few Questions by @morganhousel Theyre relevant to everyone, and apply to lots of things Mitch McConnell & the Postwar World Order Are Sunsetting by @jamesstrock Entering its ninth decade, the postwar world order is decomposing before our eyes.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A good book helps us to do just that. Here are ten books to help you get back into the world of work and make plans for an improved future: How Trust Works : The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired by Peter H.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

For more on that subject, see my new book, GRAPPLING: Leaders Striving To Be Better , short stories that bring executive coaching to life.) The book is based on his decades of experience consulting CEOs and other senior leaders, including founders. His last book was Fear Your Strengths: What Youre Best Could Be Your Biggest Problem.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2024

We often abdicate our own thinking to the books we read and the lectures we hear; we leave the dictates of morality to religious leaders and our diet to doctors. From being entirely dependent as infants, to partially dependent as we grow into adulthood, we are tempted to continue that pattern.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Source: Getting There: A Book of Mentors by Gillian Zoe Segal II. Now, if William Goldman or Mike Nichols reads your work and suggests you do X to it, you might want to listen, but if you alter your work for every rejection, you’ll end up running in all different directions trying to please an imaginary audience.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 6, 2025

Stumped for what business books to add to your spring (or spring break) reading list? Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader. His advice?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Her new book is Crisis Capable: Building Your Capacity to Survive and Succeed in Every Environment (Advantage Books, Oct. She has extensive experience leading global teams and negotiating, implementing, and executing on corporate integrity agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, and consent decrees.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2025

I had an important conversation with Dr. Margie Warrell about her new book, The Courage Gap , and she shared a simple but profound shift in thinking: “Focus on what you want, not on what you fear.” But heres the problem: fear doesnt just protect you from real dangerit also holds you back from opportunities, growth, and success.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2025

by @jamesstrock 15 Questions Leaders Can Use to Transform Challenging Team Members into High Performers by Sean Glaze @leadyourteam 5 Great Reads and Some Discoveries From 2024 by @wallybock Is your book idea ready for prime time? Act Nationally.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

If you liked this article and you haven’t yet read our new book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Workplace Conflict, you can learn more and download the first few chapters here. You appreciated this articles actionable tips to stay calm, build trust, and refocus on solutions.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Writing a book is the best thing a thought leader can do to raise their authority in their field. Here is a step-by-step guide to making your book a reality. Todays post is by Zach Obront, co-founder of Scribe Media. Melissa Gonzalez was frustrated.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 6, 2020

If you’re like many leaders with whom we’ve shared our new book Courageous Cultures, you’re mentally indexing your team and wondering if they’re capable of micro-innovations, problem-solving, and advocating for your customer. You want them to contribute, but they’re reluctant or clumsy. […].

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

From his books, The Hungry Spirit , The Age of Unreason , and 21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges are a selection of his wisdom. S OCIAL philosopher Charles Handy died at 92 on December 13, 2024. He specialized in organizational behavior and management. Growth does not have to mean more of the same. It can mean better rather than bigger.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

T ONY BLAIR wrote a book about leadership in government. However, his practical ideas on leading in the 21st century apply across the board. Leadership, both good and bad, leaves clues for us to study how other leaders have handled problems and challenges common in all leadership situations. On Leadership does just that.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

2 of 3 by @jamesstrock - From Post-Colonial to Neo-Imperialist 5 Behaviors of Leaders that do it the Hard Way by @DanReiland A New Definition of Servant Leadership (& 5 Ways to Ensure it Happens) by @BrianKDodd 4 Things Reading Can Do For You by @JosephLalonde Leadership: The Importance of Being by @PhilCooke Alan K Simpson, RIP by @jamesstrock (..)

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2024

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